SPEED, VELOCITY AND ACCELERATION (SHOW ALL WORK)
1. A car’s speed is 20 m/s. 1o
seconds later it is traveling 50
m/s. What is the acceleration of
the car?
2. A lion is chasing a rabbit. The
rabbit turns to the southeast
quickly. The chase lasted for
about 8 seconds and covered a
distance of 45 meters. What is
the velocity of the animals?
3. A snake slithers across a
yard. He travels 12 meters in 2
minutes. What is the speed of the
snake?
4. A groundhog digs a hole in the
ground. It takes him 20 minutes
to dig one meter. What is the
speed of the groundhog?
5. A ball rolls down a hill. As it
starts down the hill, its speed is 1
m/s. 5 seconds later, at the
bottom of the hill, its speed is 3
m/s. What is the acceleration of
the ball?
6. A bird accelerates from 10 m/s
to 19 m/s in 3 seconds. What is
the bird's acceleration
7. An airplane comes in for a
landing. It is traveling 450
Km/h. What is the deceleration of
the plane?
8. A family takes a trip from
Missouri to Canada. It takes 12
hours to travel 1,200 Km. What is
the velocity?
9. A child skips 25 meters down
the road. It takes her five
minutes. What is the speed of the
child?
10. A rat runs 5 meters through
the sewers in the first five minutes
and another 3 meters in 2
minutes. What is the average
speed of the runner?
Write your own velocity problem.
Write your own acceleration
problem.